Days af­ter the re-open­ing of the tem­po­rary by­pass road in Man­zanil­la and the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port is al­ready notic­ing ex­ces­sive speeds on the di­ver­sion.

To en­hance safe­ty on the road­way, the Min­istry's Traf­fic Man­age­ment Branch in­stalled a num­ber of high­ly re­flec­tive signs and lane de­lin­eators in dark ar­eas.

Act­ing Chief Traf­fic En­gi­neer Adande Pig­gott ex­plained that the by­pass is not a fi­nal­ized en­gi­neered road so the geom­e­try is not per­fect.

There­fore, he says the speed lim­it has been re­duced to 40 kilo­me­tres per hour on that road­way. T&TEC was al­so on-site turn­ing around street lights to help en­hance the il­lu­mi­na­tion of the stretch.

Con­struc­tion of the per­ma­nent Man­azil­la to Ma­yaro road should be­gin in the next few months.